In NEJM, Griffin and Neuzil: Prevention of shingles should be a public health priority
In the United States each year, herpes zoster, or shingles, develops in half a million people 60 years of age or older. MPH Program Director, Marie Griffin, M.D., M.P.H., and Vanderbilt MPH alumna Kathleen M. Neuzil, M.D., M.P.H., write that the prevention of herpes zoster, or shingles, and its complications in older persons should be a public health priority.